Dr. Alaina Rajagopal, MD, PhD, Co-Founder and Chief Medical Officer at Esperto Medical, is a physician scientist working on developing better diagnostic tools to enable improved patient care in diverse medical environments. Her MD/PhD was obtained from the University of Texas Medical Branch. Her PhD focused on public health, virology, and space life sciences while her clinical practice has focused on emergency, aerospace, and wilderness medicine as well as global health. She is board-certified in emergency medicine. Her work in austere environments is what inspired the technology she is developing at the California Institute of Technology and spun out into the startup company, Esperto Medical. She and her team invented a new method for noninvasive, continuous, calibration-free blood pressure measurement using ultrasound which holds significant promise for in-hospital and remote patient monitoring applications. In her spare time, Dr. Rajagopal enjoys climbing mountains, flying airplanes, acting, and spending time with family.